Pair of Framed 1920 Mezzotints signed by Thomas Hamilton Crawford Published by Harry C. Dickins
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21" Wide by 25" Tall
Signed in pencil 'T. Hamilton Crawford , lettered below the image ' London Published March 25, 1920 by H.C. Dickins 26 Regent Street S.W.'
Here is a biography of the artist from the Dictionary of Scottish Architects:
Thomas Hamilton Crawford was born in 1859 or 1860 in Glasgow. He was articled to Horatio Kelson Bromhead, in whose office he became acquainted with the slightly older George Jack and William Hackstoun.
Crawford studied at Glasgow School of Art and, having decided to become artist rather than architect, from 1879 until 1889 he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy. He moved first to Edinburgh and then to Herbert von Herkomer’s art school at Bushey, Hertfordshire. He was back in Glasgow by early 1891, his home address being Blackmount House, where he was living with his wife Maggie Alexis and one servant but by 1893 he had moved to London.
Crawford specialised in architectural subjects but much of his practice consisted of copies and mezzotints of works by English School artists from the 18th century to his own time. He was a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Water-Colour Painters (RSW). In 1902 he entered into partnership with George Washington Henry Jack in London, but this proved unworkable and was amicably dissolved in 1907. In 1911 he moved to Hemel Hempstead and by 1923 to Berkhamstead. In his later years he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francaises, from 1920 to 1928.
Crawford died in Hemel Hempstead in early 1947.